The Puddle IV

It's light pretty late now, just as well as this carp waited until 9.45pm to pick up my freelined bread. Was convinced she was double #7 - but 9lb 14oz on the scales - never mind, any carp out of The Puddle is a win!

The Puddle III

Back to The Puddle, starting to get a handle on it? Not sure - but a couple of carp fell for the slow sinking bread - including double #6 at 11lb 5oz. Mint carp - wonder if they've ever seen a hook before?

Perch Plus

Farm Pond, five perch; 4 wasps on worms and this 2lb 13oz beauty on a livebait. Loving this perch fishing! Plus a couple of carp off the top, including double #5 at 12lb 1oz - half way to my double target.

The Puddle II

Back to The Puddle, searching for that first bite. I spotted the ghosty I saw last time - and this time conned her into a bit of crust. First Puddle carp! With the blank spell broken I soon followed with a little fully scaled, before my mate Wayne bagged a similar size common.


Next step a double? We'll be back...

Perching Surprise

Picked up a ledgered livebait - and convinced me I was connected to a monster perch - fantastic eel at 3lb 2oz! Plus a fully-scaled off the top. No perch but a three pound plus eel more than made up for it - let's hope I bump into a few more during my perch quest...

Challenge Cheating

My mate Steve was taking his grandaughter to catch a carp, did I want to tag along? Two little fish-filled commerical ponds - hell yeah I was going! Firstly to assess the perch potential, and secondly - a rod and a loaf of bread to annoy the carpy residents.


Ten carp from the fun pond in an hour, followed by 20 carp from the specimen pond in the next 3 hours. Fast and very fun fishing, with lots of fish between 5 & 9lb. It would take my challenge total up to 41 carp - if I include them - now the challenge is really all about the doubles...

Mirror Mirror

With a bait out for the perch for a couple of hours I thought I'd float a bit of crust about - and this 14lb 11oz stunning looking mirror soon took a fancy to it. No perch but double #4 on the carp challenge...

Is There A Four?

Is there a four pounder lurking about in the Farm Pond? Three perch hit the livebaits - best went 2lb 2oz - great fish but on further inspection (of the photo) it's a recapture - bit unlucky. There's so many baitfish there must be a decent amount of perch - and hopefully a monster...

The Puddle

A tiny little pond found by a mate of mine. You can walk around it in a minute, it's only a couple of feet deep & full of life - and we've seen carp. So far we've spent about 7 hours fishing it (2 sessions) without a bite - the carp seem to ignore the free samples; bread, corn, maggots & boilies. I like a challenge, wonder what will tempt them?

Revamp & Revise

Too many missed runs / bumped fish last trip - so a few tweaks to my perch livebait rig and setup. Time for a test, back to the pond. Four runs, three perch landed (2lb 2oz, about 1lb & one about 10oz) - that's better - but there's always room for improvement...